As a politician who cherishes religious conviction in his personal sphere, but regards politics as a domain belonging outside religion, I believe that this view is seriously flawed.
I've always been involved in politics, since I was 8 or 9 years old. I sold Kool-Aid for McGovern - I could always pick a winner.
As a matter of fact I don't like politics. I really don't. I think it's so jaded now and everybody has to follow the party line.
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.
Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a fine initial act of insurrection.
I will certainly not join politics. I would like to be remembered as a clean businessman who has not partaken in any twists and turns beneath the surface, and one who has been reasonably successful.
Look at the declining television coverage. Look at the declining voting rate. Economics and economic news is what moves the country now, not politics.
I believe in the separation of church and state, but I do not believe in the separation of politics from religion.
My politics were really radical when I was younger, and then I moderated like everyone else does when they start having kids.
One of the challenges Christians confront is how the politics we helped create has made it difficult to sustain the material practices constitutive of an ecclesial culture to produce Christians.
We've switched from a culture that was interested in manufacturing, economics, politics - trying to play a serious part in the world - to a culture that's really entertainment-based.
In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process.
I try not to tune in to politics until it's two or three months before the election. Till then, it's like watching preseason football.
I happen to think that American politics is one of the noblest arts of mankind; and I cannot do anything else but write about it.
These days politics, religion, media seem to get all mixed up. Television became the new religion a long time back and the media has taken over.
Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.
I personally believe that those who are leaders with political power over the world will be forced some day, sooner or later, to give way to common sense and the will of the people.
When it comes to engaging and influencing culture, too many Christians think too highly of political activism.
You're not allowed to step out of whatever the rules are, politically, or socially, and they'll get you for it, they'll hunt you down. That's the really frightening thing.
The ability to compromise is not a diplomatic politeness toward a partner but rather taking into account and respecting your partner's legitimate interests.
